A total of seven vessels arrived at the port of Qingdao in East China's Shandong province on Sunday morning ahead of the 14th annual meeting of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS), which the PLA's navy is expected to launch on Tuesday.
High-ranking People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers have again voiced support for President Xi Jinping's instruction to build a strong military, the second time this month they have voiced group approval.
High-ranking officers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) express their support for President Xi Jinping's request to continue building a strong army.
China, for the first time, has become the fourth largest weapons exporter in the world, Global Times reported, citing a report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, said the Chinese People's Liberation Army must "race against time" to push forward its modernization efforts and deepen military reform.
An upcoming test would indicate that its engineers and designers have made remarkable strides to finalize the J-20 project.
Today's average Chinese soldier is 2 cm taller and has a waistline 5 cm larger than the average 20 years ago, PLA Daily reported.
A flotilla with China's Nanhai Fleet entered the West Pacific Ocean on Monday to start a drill there after exercises in the Indian Ocean.
A group of warships from the People's Liberation Army Navy set sail from a port in Hainan province on Monday and started a long-distance patrol training mission.
Gu Junshan, a senior Chinese military officer, is reportedly under probe for owning dozens of homes, gold statues and crates of luxury liquor.
Zhang Yun became emotional when she saw her son, Wang Xu, had lost about 20 kg and was seriously sunburnt after his first month assigned to a People's Liberation Army company renowned for its tough training.
Ministry of Defense issued a statement dismissing Western media reports that China's recent ultrahigh-speed test was aimed at the missile defenses of the United States.